Submission of tender documents
Our client was undertaking a major M&A as well as bidding for a long-term service supply contract, with a total value of over £1bn.
At a key stage in the project a number of personnel wanted to leave, there was conflict in the team and senior leadership had lost faith in the direction the bid, and in particular the strategy the Bid Director was applying.
As a result of other work we have completed for our client, we were asked to take on the bid leadership and manage a team of technical experts who we seconded into the project to fill key gaps in knowledge and specialist aspects of the operations involved.
This ranged from expert input on environmental risks through to local development valuations, specialist MRO parts supply and IT integration. In terms of the tender production, we also provided bid leadership, bid writing, graphics and technical authoring.
We also convinced those who had considered leaving to remain, and were able to bring back key specialists who had left, but had been key to the bid.
In the very tight window of time that remained, we undertook a full analysis of the chance of success and aligned resources accordingly, and developed a clear theme for the solution.